books by Peter Guralnick     books:     Peter Guralnick      Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom Peter Guralnick Back Bay Books, 1999 I Think the Book Ends Before its Climax 'Sweet Soul Music' is a fantastic book, the best book I've read on the subject. Having said that, it isn't by any means a complete history of Soul Music (it completely omits the great music that came from New York, Motown, Chicago and Philly), nor is it a complete ...             Elvis Day by Day: The Definitive Record of His Life and Music Peter Guralnick, Ernst Jorgensen Ballantine Books, 1999 The 'Definitive' Elvis history book. I initially bought this as a gift, but ended up keeping it myself. This is not your typical rock star coffee book with the same rehashed Elvis tidbits regurgitated over and over again. From the very 1st pages you will learn more about Elvis's family that has ever been ...             Last Train to Memphis Careless Love Peter Guralnick Little Brown and Company, 2000             Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke Peter Guralnick Back Bay Books, 2006 Sam Cooke - a fabulous account I enjoyed this book, not only because I'm a huge Sam Cooke fan, but because it gives context to the times and the environment of Sam Cooke's short, but impactful visit to this earth. The little details like how the Soul Stirrers came to be, the grooming and refinement ...             Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the "King of the Delta Blues Singers" Peter Guralnick Plume, 1998 worth reading Excellent book. Interesting prospective not only of Robert Johnson, but of his contemporaries.             Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus Alex Halberstadt Da Capo Press, 2007 Wow! What a great book. You never think about songwriters when you listen to a song but after reading this book you will. It's the story about the man behind some of the biggest hits of the 50' and 60's but it's so much more. Doc's story is more then his music, it's the ...             Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley Peter Guralnick Back Bay Books, 1995 Be one with Elvis If you want to step inside the life of Elvis, these are the books. Peter makes it a very personal reading. So much so, that after 2 years I haven't finished reading the second book. Not because of disinterest, but just because it's so personal. I just wish that the ...             Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues and Rock 'n' Roll Peter Guralnick Back Bay Books, 1999 Wonderful Portraits of Musical Giants Peter Guralnick begins this book with a tribute to early rock and roll and his adoration of it and then has chapters on mainly blues performers and then Sun Records and finally the final days of Chess Records. Guralnick gives us personal insights on artists, some ...             It Came From Memphis Robert Gordon Atria, 2001 De Kensinger Hello I know this is weird but Campbell was my Uncle my dad is his younger brother. I was named after their mother my name is Ariel. I tried your e-mail address but it was sent back to me. If you get tgis please reply back I know I can give you information about your ...             Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley Peter Guralnick Back Bay Books, 2000 Magnificent Extremely revealing portrait that makes clear that Elvis became a drug addict even before he went into the Army in 1958. This bio leaves out nothing, including all the dreary and the tawdry as well as the musical genius. While Jerry Lee Lewis lost his career for ...             Elvis Presley: A Life in Music--The Complete Recording Sessions Ernst Jorgensen, Peter Guralnick St. Martin's Griffin, 2000 The Elvis Music Bible This is a catalog of ALL of the songs that Elvis ever recorded. Some of the of the other reviewers wrote that it is JUST about the music. But, in fact, there is a lot of commentary about things that were going on in Elvis' life during the recordings, too. So, this ...             Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey Peter Guralnick, Robert Santelli, ... Amistad, 2004 The Blues.... "The blues - it's kind of like religion, really." - Peter Green In this companion book to MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS THE BLUES: A MUSICAL JOURNEY, a PBS/DVD series, numerous music historians and period writers take on the task of capturing the very essence of the genre ...             Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, and More Douglas Wolk, Peter Guralnick Da Capo Press, 2000 We need to read this book--together I hope this treasure chest doesn't get overlooked. Da Capo Press is relatively small, and the topic--essays on popular music--may seem too narrow to generate widespread interest. But believe me, this book is about us, and gives us as a nation--heck, as citizens of the ...             Between Midnight and Day: The Last Unpublished Blues Archive Da Capo Press, 2003 a great read not just for the blues geeks An extraordinary read! I feared that this book was receiving so much praise because blues geeks felt that they had to eulogize the talents of this famed sixties blues promoter. No, it's not hype, this book really does hit new highs in great closeup shots and portraits, ...             Rock 'N' Roll 39-59 Charlie Gillett, Peter Guralnick, ... Steidl & Partners, 2008 Snare drum backbeat plus electric guitar: the simple formula that launched the rock star, and contemporary teen culture along with it. Today rock 'n' roll seems to define postwar American culture, especially in its impact abroad. Though its inception is often imagined as sudden and seismic, it was of course a gradual and complex transition from ...          products you might be interested in search for books definitive, portraits, recording, scorsese, searching, unpublished      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: About Alice